extrapyramidal

Definitions

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adjective Relating to or involving neural pathways situated outside or independent of the pyramidal tracts.

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adjective Of or pertaining to the neuralpathways that are independent of the pyramidal tract

Etymologies

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extra- +‎ pyramidal

Examples

The May 19, 2009 JAMA article notes that Correll's study "adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that children and adolescents are more vulnerable to antipsychotic adverse events, including not only weight gain and lipid abnormalities, but also sedation, extrapyramidal adverse effects, prolactin elevation, and withdrawal."

In lethal catatonia, hyperthermia is present at the outset, other extrapyramidal features are absent if the clinician did not prematurely administer a neuroleptic, and postures often are odd and associated with echophenomena.

When the patient has received an anticholinergic antiparkinsonian agent for extrapyramidal side effects of neuroleptics for at least several months, this drug can be discontinued abruptly with only a small risk of an extrapyramidal symptom relapse.